PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Black Pawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Handcock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Pawn
vs
Handcock

225 cm
26
300 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

198 cm
25
331 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Black Pawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marty Handcock!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pawn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Handcock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Handcock throws a shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Handcock.
Pawn is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Handcock lands a right hook to the body.
Handcock throws a right and a left that both miss.
Handcock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pawn manages to avoid it.
Handcock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Handcock. Those never looked like landing.
A shot to the body from Handcock misses
and Pawn counters with a series of strikes. Handcock will be more careful next time no doubt.
Handcock misses with a hook
and Pawn counters with a left and a right that stings Handcock.
Handcock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pawn.
Handcock throws a one two combo.

It looks like Black Pawn has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handcock misses with a body shot.
Handcock looks to score with a jab to the body but Pawn is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Handcock.
A big left from Handcock misses.
Handcock thuds his shin into the meat of Pawn's side.
Handcock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pawn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marty Handcock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Handcock misses the body punch
and Pawn counters with a one-two to the body.
Handcock misses with a straight right.
Pawn misses with a combination
and Handcock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Handcock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Handcock misses the shot to the body.
Pawn staying out of range there.
Pawn misses with a double jab
and Handcock counters with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Handcock darts in and clinches Pawn up against the ropes.
Handcock misses with a knee to the head.
Handcock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pawn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Handcock pushes Pawn back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Handcock displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pawn up against the ropes.
Pawn tries to break the clinch but Handcock is controlling the position.
Handcock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pawn backwards.
Pawn has had enough of the clinch but Handcock keeps him there for the moment.
Pawn tries to break free but Handcock pushes him back against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handcock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pawn tries to break the clinch but Handcock is controlling the position.
Handcock digs a right hand into Pawn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pawn's gas tank.
Pawn is trying to break the clinch but Handcock is controlling him.
Pawn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Handcock's elbow.
Pawn tries to break the clinch but Handcock is controlling the position.
Pawn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pawn is trying to break the clinch but Handcock has him pressed against the ropes.
Handcock is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pawn is keeping busy.
Handcock keeps control of Pawn as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pawn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pawn wants to get back to striking at distance but Handcock won't allow it.
Handcock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Handcock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Pawn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pawn has had enough of the clinch but Handcock keeps him there for the moment.
Handcock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Handcock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Handcock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pawn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Handcock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Handcock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Handcock.
Handcock scores with a knee to the head.
Handcock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Handcock prevents Pawn from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Handcock landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Handcock scores with a knee to the head.
Handcock tries to land a knee to the head but Pawn blocks with his arms.
Handcock has Pawn pressed against the ropes.
Pawn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Handcock with a knee to the head.
Pawn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pawn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pawn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Pawn scores with a nice short uppercut.
Handcock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pawn scores with a shoulder strike.
Pawn is trying to force a seperation but Handcock has the dominant position.
Pawn is looking to break free of the clinch but Handcock has double underhooks.
Pawn is trying to break free.
Pawn wants to get back to striking at distance but Handcock won't allow it.
Handcock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pawn tries to break free but Handcock pushes him back against the ropes.
Pawn is trying to break free.
Pawn is trying to force a seperation but Handcock has the dominant position.
Pawn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Handcock landing knees to the head.
Handcock tries to land a knee to the head but Pawn blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marty Handcock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Black Pawn's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Handcock misses with a hook to the body
and Pawn counters with a three punch combo that has Handcock backing up. Handcock nods at Pawn to acknowledge the strikes.
Handcock misses with a body punch

and Pawn counters with a crisp one two that drops Handcock! Pawn thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Handcock to his feet! Handcock is in big trouble!

Handcock is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pawn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Handcock.
Handcock swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pawn counters with a series of strikes. Handcock will be more careful next time no doubt.
Handcock swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pawn counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Handcock! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Pawn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Black Pawn!